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Paradise township, Grand Traverse County, MI

5,023 Population
52.9 square miles 95 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Grand Traverse County: 43.5 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Michigan: 40.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,046 ±$3,042 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Grand Traverse County: $45,034 ±$1,435
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Michigan: $40,735 ±$166
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,084 ±$8,304 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Grand Traverse County: $81,647 ±$3,008
  • about the same as the amount in Michigan: $72,875 ±$293
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.3% ±2% (315  ±102) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Grand Traverse County: 9.6% † 9,148 (±1.3% / ±1,257)
  • about half the rate in Michigan: 13.2% 1,303,527 (±0.2% / ±16,388)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.7 minutes ±1 (57,455  ±7,646) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Grand Traverse County: 20.6 843,560 (±0.7 / ±37,383)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 24.2 97,245,590 (±0.1 / ±399,652)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,645 ±175 Number of households
  • Grand Traverse County: 40,287 ±624
  • Michigan: 4,076,369 ±8,399
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.3 (4,971  ±52) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Grand Traverse County: 2.3 94,268 (±0 / ±43)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Michigan: 2.4 9,863,281
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.9% ±3.5% (55  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Grand Traverse County: 5% † 1,000 (±1.3% / ±264)
  • a little less than the rate in Michigan: 5.1% 114,939 (±0.1% / ±2,670)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,984 ±233 Number of housing units
  • Grand Traverse County: 47,003 ±84
  • Michigan: 4,622,236 ±795
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$265,800 ±$22,827 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Grand Traverse County: $339,400 ±$8,651
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Michigan: $231,600 ±$642
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±9.2% (633  ±456.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Grand Traverse County: 11.3% † 10,817 (±1.3% / ±1,190.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Michigan: 11.2% 1,119,587 (±0.1% / ±12,091.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±6.4% (2,917  ±317.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Grand Traverse County: 95.7% 67,177 (±2.6% / ±1,809.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Michigan: 92.1% 6,452,696 (±0.3% / ±19,033.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.4% ±4.1% (586  ±134.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Grand Traverse County: 40.6% 28,504 (±1.6% / ±1,098.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Michigan: 32.5% 2,273,972 (±0.2% / ±11,133.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.7% ±0.7% (34  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Grand Traverse County: 2% 1,946
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Michigan: 7.2% 728,881
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11% ±3% (379  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Grand Traverse County: 6.6% † 5,110 (±0.7% / ±509)
  • nearly double the rate in Michigan: 5.8% 460,783 (±0.1% / ±4,000)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
379 Total veterans ±108 365 Male ±107 14 Female ±16

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